I’m going to tell a story on myself in the hope of making a point.  Last week I went to pick up a new pair of glasses.  Twice I went back to the store to have the frames adjusted.  On each occasion, I was assisted by the same clerk.  Neither adjustment worked. When the young man

In a recent celebrity interview, actress Candice Bergen, when asked if she had a motto in life, answered, “Eat dessert first.” (“Proust Questionnaire,” Vanity Fair, May 2015, pg. 174.)  I laughed because hers was a philosophy I could espouse.  Yes, I know pleasure as an end

I read The Alchemist, a novel by Paulo Coelho, a few years ago. A friend had recommended it and as it was an international best seller, it wasn’t hard to convince me to pick up a copy. I enjoyed the story about a sheep herder’s journey from Andalusia to exotic Egypt and the people

The actor, Dustin Hoffman, now 75, recently made the observation that “as the body becomes more limited, the soul expands.” Life, he proclaims should be about “finding that thing that the very idea of just fills you.” (“Dustin Calls the Shots. Finally.” By Meg Grant, AARP